Kenny Agostino of Flanders, a former All Daily Record Player of the Year while at Delbarton, is now a sophomore at Yale University. photo by Sam Rubin

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Kenny Agostino woke up on Thursday morning, saw a half-dozen missed calls and texts on his cell phone, and realized something important must have happened. He started reading the messages, called his family in Flanders, and slowly pieced together what had happened.

Agostino had been traded, his rights sent from Pittsburgh to Calgary overnight.

That news was shocking enough for Agostino, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound junior forward for the Yale ice hockey team, which is currently preparing to open the NCAA West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich. But the player for whom Agostino had been dealt ...